The Shemwell Family

Edith Arval BellAge: 91 years19122004

Name
Edith Arval Bell
Given names
Edith Arval
Surname
Bell
Married name
Edith Arval Thompson
Birth September 10, 1912
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 4 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 5 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
MarriageArthur Clarence Thompson JrView this family
January 14, 1942 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Birth of a daughter
#1
Sharon Kay Thompson
September 14, 1946 (Age 34 years)
Census April 17, 1950 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a daughterSharon Kay Thompson
March 20, 1970 (Age 57 years)
Cause: Head on Auto-Truck Collision
Death of a husbandArthur Clarence Thompson Jr
September 17, 1975 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death April 14, 2004 (Age 91 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
Family with Arthur Clarence Thompson Jr - View this family
husband
Arthur Clarence Thompson Jr
Birth: July 27, 1916 29 21Kansas, United States
Death: September 17, 1975Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States
herself
Marriage: January 14, 1942Clovis, Curry, New Mexico, United States
5 years
daughter
Sharon Kay Thompson
Birth: September 14, 1946 30 34Potter, Texas, United States
Death: March 20, 1970Dallam, Texas, United States

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Clarence Thompson Jr - Household

1810 Broadmoore Amarillo, Potter, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Thompson, Arthur CheadMW33MarKSBook keeperPaint?
Thompson, Edith AwifeFW37MarTX
Thompson, Sharon KdaughterFW3NevTX